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Payback in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratings13 hours, 54 minutes A retired colleague's suspicious death puts Lt. Eve Dallas on the case in Payback in Death, the electrifying new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.D. Robb.Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended death. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, retired Internal Affairs Captain... -
Forgotten In Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsIn the latest novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, homicide detective Eve Dallas sifts through the wreckage of the past to find a killer.The body was left in a dumpster like so much trash, the victim a woman of no fixed address, known for offering paper flowers in return for spare change―and for keeping the cops informed of any infractions she witnessed on the street... -
Purity in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLouie Cogburn had spent three days holed up in his apartment, staring at his computer screen. His pounding headache was unbearable - it felt like spikes drilling into his brain. And it was getting worse. Finally, when someone knocked at his door, Louie picked up a baseball bat, opened up the door, and started swinging....The first cop on the scene fired his stunner twice. Louie died instantly...Categorized as:
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Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsNever underestimate the power of a woman on a double espresso with a mocha latte chaser high.-T-shirt Charley Davidson isnt your everyday, run-of-the-mill grim reaper. Shes more of a paranormal private eyegrim reaper extraordinaire. However, she gets sidetracked when the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, moves in next door...Categorized as:
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Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsParanormal private eye. Grim reaper extraordinaire. Whatever. Charley Davidson is back! And she's drinking copious amounts of caffeine to stay awake because, every time she closes her eyes, she sees him: Reyes Farrow, the part-human, part-supermodel son of Satan. Yes, she did imprison him for all eternity, but come on...Categorized as:
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Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsA birthday bash sets the scene for a frightening reunion with a killer from Eve Dallas's past. At exactly 7:30 p.m., Walter Pettibone arrived home to over a hundred friends and family shouting, surprise! It was his birthday. Although he had known about the planned event for weeks, the real surprise was yet to come. At 8:45 p.m... -
The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsGrim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the twelfth installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series.Ever since Reyes escaped from a hell dimension in which Charley accidently trapped him, the son of Satan has been brimstone-bent on destroying the world his heavenly Brother created. His volatile tendencies have put Charley in a bit of a pickle...Categorized as:
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The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsAs a part-time PI and full-time grim reaper, Charley Davidson has asked a lot of questions throughout her life: Why can I see dead people? Who is the hot supernatural entity following me? How do I get gum out of my sister’s hair before she wakes up? But, “How do I trap not one malevolent god, but three?” was never among them. Until now...Categorized as:
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Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA typical day in the life of Charley Davidson involves cheating husbands, missing people, errant wives, philandering business owners, and oh yeah...demons, hell hounds, evil gods, and dead people. Lots and lots of dead people. As a part time Private Investigator and full-time Grim Reaper, Charley has to balance the good, the bad, the undead, and those who want her dead...Categorized as:
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A Time of Torment by John Connolly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDangerous and driven private investigator Charlie Parker returns in the latest gripping thriller of internationally bestselling author John Connolly’s series, in which ungodly fears haunt a strange and isolated community.Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings, and in doing so destroyed himself. His life was torn apart. He was imprisoned, brutalized...Categorized as:
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Chain Lynx by Fiona Quinn
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFound in the debris of the plane wreck barely alive, Lexi Sobado is finally home. But home does not mean safe. Someone powerful, connected, and willing to kill is after her. Lexi Sobado, the young Iniquus puzzling prodigy, puts her expertise to the test as she faces a dark enemy, threatening not only her and Iniquus, but American defense and safety... -
Divided in Death by J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsReva Ewing, a former member of the Secret Service and a security specialist for Roarke Enterprises, is a prime suspect in a double homicide. She had every reason to want to kill her husband, the renowned artist Blair Bissel. Not only was he having an affair, he was having it with her best friend.But Lieutenant Eve Dallas, who's on the case, believes Reva is innocent... -
Murder at Haven's Rock by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s Rockton Novels had one of the most unique towns in crime fiction. Murder at Haven's Rock is a spinoff, a fresh start... with a few new dangers that threaten everything before it even begins.Haven’s Rock, Yukon. Population: 0Deep in the Yukon wilderness, a town is being built. A place for people to disappear, a fresh start from a life on the run... -
A Killer's Kiss by Helen Harper
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA twisted killer is making his mark in London, leaving a trail of blood and devastation in his wake. It’s not only humans who are being targeted. Vampires, werewolves and pixies are in mortal danger too.I’ve been called in to help with the investigation but I can’t shake the feeling that there’s more to the murders. Someone is playing a very sick game - and it’s up to me to put a stop to it... -
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Ritual in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsJ. D. Robb’s In Death novels have been praised as “Law & Order: SVU – in the future” (Entertainment Weekly). Now, together for the first time in one volume, are three stories that spotlight Lieutenant Eve Dallas doing what she does best: solving crime with skill, integrity, and passion. Eternity in Death A seductive killer is luring in victims with a promise of the impossible – immortality...Categorized as:
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It's A Wonderful Knife by Elise Sax
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s a Wonderful Knife is the 10th installment of the hilarious Matchmaker Mysteries Series. It’s wedding time in Cannes. Gladie’s wedding. But once again, love has to take a backseat to murder. Matchmaker Mysteries…Sometimes love comes with a few dead ends. * “Elise Sax will win your heart.”—New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis * “Sax will make you laugh...Categorized as:
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Wild Justice by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe third entry in the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author’s Nadia Stafford series.Since Kelley Armstrong wrapped up book two, fans had been eager to know what happens to the tough-as-nails contract killer. "Wild Justice" brings Nadia back for the next step, an action-packed tale that will dazzle everyone, including those who are only familiar with Armstrong’s bestselling paranormal books... -
Terminal by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe thrilling finale to Kathy and Brendan Reichs’ New York Times bestselling VIRALS seriesThe Virals are back—but they’re not the only pack in town anymore. Terminal finds Tory Brennan—grandniece of the famous forensic anthropologist (star of the hit show Bones)—and the rest of the Morris Island gang tracking a pack of rogue Virals who call themselves the Trinity...Categorized as:
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The Skeleton in the Closet by Angie Fox
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratings**USA Today Bestselling series!**From New York Times bestseller Angie Fox, the second book in the Southern Ghost Hunter mysteriesA haunted library is no place for a girl who can see ghosts, but when Verity Long stumbles on a dead body in the middle of the main reading room, she has to believe someone…even a dead someone…must have witnessed the crime...Categorized as:
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Taken in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsUnabridged, 3 audio compact discs, 3 hours 17 minutes_______________Two young children disappear from their East Side home in New York City, their nanny killed in cold blood. As Lieutenant Eve Dallas begins to unravel the crime scene and search for the children, she's drawn into the twisted mind of a kidnapper who will stop at nothing to take revenge...Categorized as:
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The Big Kill by Elise Sax
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProgress is being made on Gladie’s house and her impending wedding. Meanwhile, her best friend Bridget is ready to give birth. But all of that takes a backseat to Gladie’s discovery in her grandmother’s attic about her father...Categorized as:
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Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTo catch this killer, she must break every rule and cross every line.Out Of The ShadowsA picture-perfect Tennessee town has just become a monster's hunting ground. Two bodies are found tortured to death. A third person goes missing. What little evidence is left behind defies all explanation... -
The Order of Brigid's Cross by Terri Reid
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDetective Sean O’Reilly is called in to interrogate a young boy who is the only witness to a massacre during a gang war. The child’s story is too far-fetched for most of the Chicago Police Force to believe – claims of an army of other-worldly creatures who attacked and dismembered the rival gangs. But Sean O’Reilly believes him, because he’s seen them himself... -
Shift by Andrea Speed
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratings2nd Edition Sequel to Infected: Freefall Infected: Book Five In a world where a werecat virus has changed society, Roan McKichan, a born infected and ex-cop, works as a private detective trying to solve crimes involving other infecteds... -
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Double Play by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLife is good for lodge owner and sometime hitwoman Nadia Stafford — a couple of dogs, a job she takes satisfaction in and the man she loves at her side as they literally build a home together. It’s as close to normal as a pair of contract killers can get. Jack knows that sometimes being very, very good at what you do can be very, very bad — for those around him... -
Summoned to Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsGrim Reaper Charley Davidson is back in the final installment of Darynda Jones’ New York Times bestselling paranormal series!Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper extraordinaire, is pissed. She’s been kicked off the earthly plain for eternity – which is the appropriate amount of time to make a person starkraving mad...Categorized as:
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Cold As The Grave: Inspector McLean Book 9 by James Oswald
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe ninth book in the Sunday Times-bestselling phenomenon that is the Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers . Her lifeless body is hidden in the dark corner of a basement room, a room which seems to have been left untouched for decades. A room which feels as cold as the grave... -
The Magpie Key by Sarah Painter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlack water, dark skies, a reckoning like no otherA new threat has sailed in on the tide and is haunting the waterways of London.DCI Fleet is struggling to control his gift and can no longer tell reality from illusion.Meanwhile, Uncle Charlie is making trouble from his prison cell, proving how hard it is to keep a Crow caged... -
Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen club-hopping bad girl Tiara Kent is found dead in her plush Manhattan apartment, the killing has all the earmarks of a vampire attack. The ever-practical Lieutenant Eve Dallas has to deal with superstitious cops carrying garlic and stakes, as well as the ever-hysterical press. None of the wealthy young victim’s friends seem to know much about the Dark Prince she has been secretly seeing...Categorized as:
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Interlude in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsIn early spring of 2059, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is called off planet to face a grueling ordeal - giving a seminar at the largest police conference of the year, to be held in a swanky resort. A resort which just happens to be owned by her husband, Roarke, of course. Even though Eve can't quite see it that way, it's supposed to be at least partly a vacation...Categorized as:
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Bear Meets Girl by Shelly Laurenston
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsHe's big, burly, and way smarter than your average shapeshifting bear. He's also about to get trapped by own his game. . .Lou Crushek is a reasonable, mellow, easygoing kind of guy. But once someone starts killing the scumbags he works so hard to bust, that really gets under his fur...Categorized as:
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Code by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe Virals are put to the ultimate test when they find a geocache containing an ornate puzzle box. Shelton decodes the cipher inside, only to find more tantalizing clues left by "The Gamemaster." A second, greater geocache is within reach—if the Virals are up to the challenge... -
Missing in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsJ. D. Robb’s In Death novels have been praised as “Law & Order: SVU – in the future” (Entertainment Weekly). Now, together for the first time in one volume, are three stories that spotlight Lieutenant Eve Dallas doing what she does best: solving crime with skill, integrity, and passion. Eternity in Death A seductive killer is luring in victims with a promise of the impossible – immortality...Categorized as:
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Heart of Fire by Lisa Edmonds
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJoin Alice. Private Investigator of the Supernatural. It has been a rough month for mage private investigator Alice Worth. Alice hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep in weeks, her relationship with werewolf Sean Maclin is on the rocks, a federal agent hounds her every step, and a powerful vampire whose ulterior motives have ulterior motives watches her every move...Categorized as:
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It Happened One Fright by Elise Sax
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSpencer might have marriage on his mind, but Gladie is distracted by her best friend’s troubles and a busy matchmaking month. The father of Bridget’s baby is threatening to take custody away from her, and when he winds up murdered, Bridget becomes the top suspect...Categorized as:
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Big Jack by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn New York City in 2059, someone is pursuing missing gems from a decades-old heist…someone who’s willing to kill for them. Sharp-witted and sexy, NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas is used to traveling in the shadowy corners outside the law... -
Dark Hollow by John Connolly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDark Hollow is a masterful second novel from a young Irish writer whose storytelling skills were established with Every Dead Thing. Now his fiery, ingenious detective, Charlie Bird Parker, returns to uncover a legacy of evil that has haunted Maine citizens for decades...Categorized as:
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A Darkness Absolute: Library Edition by Kelley Armstrong, Thérèse Plummer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen experienced homicide detective Casey Duncan first moved to the secret town of Rockton, she expected a safe haven for people like her, people running from their past misdeeds and past lives. She knew living in Rockton meant living off-the-grid completely: no cell phones, no Internet, no mail, very little electricity, and no way of getting in or out without the town council’s approval...Categorized as:
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Fantasy in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsBart Minnock, founder of the computer gaming giant U-Play, is found in his locked private playroom, in a pool of blood, his head separated from his body. Despite his violent end, Eve can’t find anyone—girlfriend and business partners included—who seemed to have a problem with the enthusiastic, high-spirited millionaire... -
Angel Falls by Colleen Helme
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSent away because she let someone die, her burgeoning powers leave her with more questions than answers. Now her only chance for redemption comes at a price... one she may not survive.As a trauma nurse in a New York City hospital, Ella St. John had no idea that refusing to help a known killer would have such dire consequences... -
Written In Bones by James Oswald
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe roots of murder run deep . . . When a body is found in a tree in The Meadows, Edinburgh's scenic parkland, the forensics suggest the corpse has fallen from a great height... -
All the Rage by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsCan you imagine a new chemical compound, a non-addictive designer drug that heightens your assertiveness, opens the door to your primal self, giving you an edge wherever you compete? Whether on the street or the football field, in a classroom or a boardroom. Wouldn’t you be tempted to try it . .Categorized as:
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Crisscross by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsRepairman Jack is back! An anonymous mercenary, with no last name and no social security number, Jack has thrilled a veritable army of readers ever since his bestselling debut in The Tomb. Jack can fix any problem, supernatural or otherwise, for a price. Now, in his latest gripping adventure, he takes on two cases at once...Categorized as:
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Gateways by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFollowing last year's successful The Haunted Air, F. Paul Wilson returns with another riveting episode in the saga of Repairman Jack, the secretive, ingenious, and heroic champion of those whose problems no one else can solve. As Dean Koontz says, "Repairman Jack is one of the most original and intriguing characters to arise out of contemporary fiction in ages...Categorized as:
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The Haunted Air by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn the sequel to The Tomb, Repairman Jack returns in a chilling adventure set against the backdrop of a Queens house haunted by the ghost of a nine-year-old girl as Jack becomes embroiled in a terrifying struggle in which the forces of evil threat...Categorized as:
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Pitch Black by Elise Noble
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsEven a Diamond can be shattered… After the owner of a security company is murdered, his sharp-edged wife goes on the run. Forced to abandon everything she holds dear - her home, her friends, her job in special ops - she builds a new life for herself in England. As Ashlyn Hale, she meets Luke, a handsome local who makes her realise just how lonely she is... -
The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsProsperous, and the secret that it hides beneath its ruins . . .The community of Prosperous, Maine has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children's future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own. And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the town .Categorized as:
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Dead Case in Deadwood by Ann Charles
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Nothing good ever happens at the butt-crack of dawn. No doubt, the headless corpse on the autopsy table in front of me would agree."-Violet Parker Real estate agent. Violet "Spooky" Parker stumbles upon a body-part theft ring at the local funeral parlor and suspects her caustic coworker has a hand in it or maybe a foot... -
Wonderment in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSomeone is hosting dangerous tea parties in 2061 New York... Thing aren't what they seem when Lieutenant Eve Dallas investigates what appears to be a routine murder/suicide. When friends of Darlene and Marcus Fitzwilliams insist Darlene would never hurt her brother, Eve digs deeper...Categorized as:
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The Deepest of Secrets by Kelley Armstrong, Thérèse Plummer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsNumber one New York Times best seller Kelley Armstrong returns to the captivating town of Rockton in The Deepest of Secrets, the next installment in one of the most imaginative crime series on shelves today. It’s not always easy to live in the hidden town of Rockton, something Detective Casey Duncan knows firsthand...
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